Item 8.01 Other Events.

As previously reported, Meta Financial Group, Inc. ("Meta Financial"), on behalf of itself and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including MetaBank, National Association ("MetaBank," together with Meta Financial, the "Company"), executed a Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") on December 7, 2021 pursuant to which the Company sold the Meta names and trademarks, including MetaBank and Meta Financial Group, and related assets such as Meta and Meta-formative domain names and social media accounts and associated goodwill, subject to a one year transition period.

In connection with the Agreement, on March 29, 2022, MetaBank announced that it will be changing its name to "Pathward, National Association" and that Meta Financial will be changing its name to "Pathward Financial, Inc." (the "Name Change"). The full transition to the new names is expected to be completed by the end of this calendar year.

Meta Financial's common stock will remain traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "CASH."

A copy of the Company's press release announcing the Name Change and certain matters related to the Name Change is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number          Description of Exhibit
  99.1                  Registrant's Press Release dated March 29, 2022.
104                     Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page iXBRL tags are embedded
                        within the Inline XBRL document).

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